Donald Trump Jr.’s allies worry new ‘social climber’ girlfriend Bettina Anderson will tarnish the ‘Trump brand’

Insiders and friends of the Trump family are doing everything they can to get Don Jr., 46, to end his new relationship with Palm Beach socialite Bettina Anderson, 38.

Allies of the president’s eldest son fear his new flame is not ‘MAGA enough’ after her past support of the Black Lives Matter movement and strict COVID rules.

And now they’re also raising concerns that her infamous reputation as a Palm Beach party girl isn’t elitist enough to be associated with the first family.

The couple made their relationship public just before his father was to be sworn in as the country’s 47th president on January 20, 2025.

Anderson plans to team up with Don Jr. next month. to attend Trump’s inauguration, a source told DailyMail.com, which would be her first public event alongside the first son.

“It’s one thing to worry about the Palm Beach shenanigans making a stop at Mar-a-Lago,” said a source close to the transition team. “But to let these problems reach the White House is a new level of trouble.”

At least two people with close ties to Don Jr. claiming that she is only using their friend as her final step in her ‘social ladder climbing’ and carefree influencer lifestyle.

But her sudden publicity doesn’t seem to bother the first son as he and Anderson jetted off to Italy for a romantic getaway days after news of their relationship broke.

Anderson has publicly posted photos of love letters and flowers that Don Jr. sent her and also openly documented their luxurious European escape.

A close personal friend of Don Jr. told DailyMail.com that the couple “expect there to be gossip and trash talk just because that’s kind of the world of Palm Beach and, you know, the universe that they live in.”

He added that it’s “not really a surprise that people are talking either.”

If anyone has said anything negative to Don about Bettina, he hasn’t been concerned enough to convey those concerns to any of his close friends, he continued.

However, a source who has worked for the Trump campaign for the past five years told DailyMail.com that Don Jr. is slowly starting to ‘wake up’ to the way Bettina is perceived in MAGA circles as the public begins to learn more about her.

The first rumors about her relationship with Don Jr. began in September when images emerged of the couple kissing and cuddling while dining at a restaurant near Trump’s residence in south Florida.

At the time, the 46-year-old father of five was still publicly engaged to former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle.

In mid-December, more images of the two together were obtained by Daily Mail and just hours later it was revealed that Don Jr.’s relationship with Guilfoyle was over after a four-year engagement.

President-elect Trump subsequently announced that Guilfoyle would be his ambassador to Greece in his next administration.

Stacey Bendet, fashion designer and founder and CEO of Alice + Olivia, said the vilification is due to other women being “fixated on competition” and not empowering each other.

“I have been friends with Bettina for ten years, she is the kindest soul, she has the biggest heart, she is witty and wise, hilariously funny and an Ivy League graduate – anyone who says a word differently is just a social example of women fixated on amplifying competing verses.”

“Don loves her for good reasons!!” she added in a text.

Anderson has been spotted with Bendet at many Alice + Olivia events over the years and the pair are close.

The company’s account posted a TikTok starting in January thanking Bettina for organizing an annual “galentines” charity event.

But another person who says he has had a good relationship with Don Jr. for decades. claims that Anderson is the person who wants to get closest to Trump and his family.

Others say that Anderson Don Jr. is trying to use as a ‘stepping stone’ to reach even ‘bigger fish’ – including possibly Elon Musk.

Someone who works in the modeling industry and knows Anderson from years in the industry speculated to DailyMail.com that she is aiming to get into billionaire Elon Musk’s inner circle.

Musk, known as the “first friend,” has been at the president-elect’s side since the 2024 elections on November 5. He was asked to lead the new DOGE agency to root out the federal government’s waste.

Those in Palm Beach who have known Anderson for decades say she regularly dates wealthy older men who fit into her upper-class lifestyle.

One source says she is often showered with gifts from her suitors, who are often rich and handsome, just like Don Jr.

When asked why there is such an uproar among people in Palm Beach over Anderson, many had the same response: “We want to protect the Trump brand and don’t want her close to the family.”

Some say a company that works with Anderson, Kilo Content, is calling reporters and paparazzi to alert them when the socialite is dating Don Jr. goes into town because she wants to increase her fame.

The company did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com about the allegations.

Others say she only wants to have close ties with the Trumps because that’s the “in” thing right now.

They pointed to her previously more liberal views, which were first reported by DailyMail.com earlier this month.